# Senior/Staff Engineer, Backend at Kick

> Open job at Kick in Wrocław, Poland. Workplace: On-site.

Source: Poland Dev Jobs, https://poland-devjobs.com/jobs/kick-senior-staff-engineer-backend-d4vrz8y
Posted 23 January 2026. Last checked on the employer's career site: 4 November 2026.

## Facts

- Company: [Kick](https://poland-devjobs.com/companies/kick)
- Location: Wrocław, Poland
- Workplace: On-site
- Employment type: Full-time
- Apply from: Anywhere
- Polish: Not required
- Skills: AWS, Azure, Figma, Google Cloud, Node.js, PostgreSQL, React, Terraform, TypeScript
- Not mentioned in the job post: salary, visa sponsorship, relocation

## Job description

##### About the Role

We're experiencing significant growth and are looking for a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to support our rapid product growth. This is an in-person role focused on owning and evolving our backend services to create a modern, AI-native developer experience.

##### You will

- Partner with the Product, AI, and Operations teams to architect new features and complex agentic systems.
- Build and maintain backend services and APIs that power Kick’s core product to ensure systems are secure, well-tested and high performance.
- Make clear architectural tradeoffs that balance between platform, product and business goals.
- Design and implement distributed services to orchestrate data pipelines, automate investigations, and enable incident response at scale.
- Own operational best practices so engineers can ship multiple times a day with confidence.
- Set engineering standards for writing, communication and system design influencing how a modern AI-native product is built.

##### We're looking for someone with

- 5-10+ years of experience designing, building and operating production backend systems.
- Deep backend engineering skills including API design, data modeling and reasoning about distributed systems tradeoffs.
- Hands on experience running AWS/GCP with a strong understanding of how infrastructure impacts application reliability and performance.
- Practical experience with CI/CD including testing and deployment strategies.
- Solid grasp of observability and healthy on-call practices.

##### Bonus if you have

- Experience as an engineer at an early-stage or scaling startup.
- Exposure to modern AI/ML systems.
- Experience working on product without a product manager

##### Our tech

- TypeScript, React, Node.js
- AWS, Terraform
- Postgres
- OpenAI, Azure AI
- GitHub, Slack, Linear, Figma, Notion

##### Location

- Wroclaw, Poland, 4-5 days per week in person
- Office is located next to the Wroclaw main train station
- Candidates should be based in Wroclaw or open to relocation

##### What we offer

- $130,000-$190,000 USD salary + competitive equity
- $100/mo wellness and commute stipend
- Premium hardware (MacBook Pro/AirPods)
- Daily in-office lunch and dinner

__We’re building a world-class team of creative thinkers and doers from diverse backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role, even if your experience isn’t a perfect match, we want to hear from you.__

##### About Kick

Kick is an applied AI company building accounting software that does the work for you. We’ve raised $20M from OpenAI Startup Fund, General Catalyst and Google Ventures to help millions of entrepreneurs automate the boring stuff, so they can focus on what matters most.

## How to apply

Apply on the job page, https://poland-devjobs.com/jobs/kick-senior-staff-engineer-backend-d4vrz8y: its Apply button opens the employer's own application page.

## More jobs from Kick

- [Senior/Staff Engineer, Product](https://poland-devjobs.com/jobs/kick-senior-staff-engineer-product-8rionq6): Kick, Wrocław, Poland. On-site. Posted 23 January 2026.